Word: ‘’By failing to address collective suffering, and systemic change that might remove it, they rob mindfulness of its real revolutionary potential, reducing it to something banal that keeps people focused on themselves.” https://t.co/pgjthf8jHl

A withering critique of Uber. “Uber’s most important innovation has been to produce staggering levels of private wealth without creating any sustainable benefits for consumers, workers, the cities they serve, or anyone else.” https://t.co/RpgJOVmWpO

😱 “…you would have to use an organic cotton bag 20,000 times more than a plastic grocery bag to make using it better for the environment”: https://t.co/aKPMtAikTS (But less plastic in the ocean would still have to be a net positive, no?)

This NBC LeftField story describes how with the invention of pioneering apps & can’t-put-down devices, a small group of people in Silicon Valley set the wheels in motion for society to become distracted, disconnected & depressed. (11 min view)